A Knesset bill proposed by a Bayit Yehudi MK will prohibit anyone who participates in an anti-Israel boycott from entering the Jewish State.
MK Yinon Magal has proposed that anyone who is not an Israeli citizen, or who is not a permanent resident of the country, and who calls for such a boycott – or who is connected to a company which calls for such a boycott – will not be able to receive a visa or residency permit.
The bill notes in its explanatory section that boycotts have become the latest weapon in a new onslaught against Israel by anti-Semites.
“It seems that [boycotts are] a new front in the war against Israel, for which the state thus far has avoided properly preparing,” it reads. “This bill is meant to prevent people or representatives of companies and organizations that call to boycott Israel to act within our territory to promote their ideas.”
From a legal standpoint, the definition of “boycott” has been set forth as follows:
Under the 2011 Anti-Boycott Bill, boycott is defined as follows: “Deliberate avoidance of economic, social or academic ties or ties to a person or other body just because of his connection to the State of Israel, its institutions or regions under its control, in order to harm it economically, social or academically.”
The bill is being co-sponsored by a wide array of lawmakers, from the Likud, Shas, Kulanu, Yesh Atid, Zionist Union and UTJ parties.